They feel forgotten and left behind.
Explication
Rural communities complain that political and economic attention has passed them by, leaving them behind. The idea that they are overrepresented contradicts their sense of neglect.
Businesses move away and local jobs disappear.
Explication
The lack of political attention is linked to businesses leaving the United States and jobs disappearing in rural communities. Economic activity is instead described as stronger in urban communities.
It voted for Obama twice, then Trump won by 19 points.
Explication
Ashtabula County voted for Obama in two elections before Trump carried it by a 19-point margin. The other choices alter the candidates, number of victories, or size of the margin.
When available work is scarce and difficult to find.
Explication
Job opportunities are judged fair or poor when there is not enough work and employment is rare. A large supply of jobs would instead indicate abundant opportunities.
They are minimum-wage jobs with insufficient income.
Explication
These jobs are presented as minimum-wage positions whose pay is insufficient to support a family. The issue identified is inadequate income, not training, skill level, or public-sector status.
It promoted cleaner energy and contributed to plant closures.
Explication
The initiative is presented as a cleaner-energy policy associated with the closure of nuclear and coal plants. It was not described as a measure expanding coal production or fossil-fuel use.
Urban people seem rushed and less neighbourly, while rural people seem friendlier.
Explication
Urban people are characterized as rushed, rude, private, and less neighbourly, whereas rural people are presented as friendlier and more attached to shared values. The alternatives reverse or distort these characteristics.
People meet acquaintances and stop to chat along the way.
Explication
The countryside errand takes longer because social encounters lead people to meet acquaintances and converse. The contrast is not explained by shop hours, urban quietness, or avoidance of neighbours.
To find work in a particular field, especially a white-collar one.
Explication
Adults may support leaving rural areas when young people are seeking employment in a particular field, especially office-based work. The idea is not that manual work cannot be found locally, since blue-collar jobs may exist in rural areas.
Blue-collar work involving manual tasks.
Explication
Cleaning barns and doing the dishes are manual tasks, so they are examples of blue-collar work. White-collar work refers instead to office-based employment.
Rural areas have few good companies where people can build long-term careers.
Explication
Rural life has changed because there are very few good companies where people could work and eventually retire. The change is therefore linked to the limited availability of stable, long-term employers, not to an increase in rural companies.
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What complaint do rural communities express about their situation?
They complain about being forgotten and left behind.
What is the consequence of politicians ignoring rural communities?
Many businesses move out of the United States and jobs disappear.
Which county in Ohio voted for Obama twice but then for Trump by 19 points?
Ashtabula County.
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